Carpet pythons are commonly found in backyards of homes in northern NSW and Queensland, and the closely related diamond python is native to NSW and Victoria.

They say the garage had been broken into and two diamond pythons and a carpet snake were missing. The snakes, which are around 1.8 metres long, are not venomous.

Diamond carpet pythons are native to Australia's south-east from the coast up to the Blue Mountains, and have the southernmost habitat of any python.

McKenzie doesn't specify the species of python, but there are 14 species of python that live in Australia, including the carpet python, diamond python and scrub python.

A family in Australia had the shock of their lives when a large Carpet Python attempted to grab their pet tabby cat out of their backyard and make off with it. Thankfully, the owner of the cat was ...

The carpet python grows up to about 10 feet in length and can live for up to 20 years. Native to Australia and New Guinea, the carpet python holds cultural significance for some Aboriginal groups.

A professional snake catcher had a close call when he found a coastal carpet python about to strike a bird in its cage. The incident was reported by People.com after Stuart McKenzie from ...

A python was spotted slithering around a store in the heart of the Big Apple's Diamond District Friday -- just two days after another snake was found on the Upper West Side.